Simio Awards $11,880 Grant to the Universidad Nacional del Litoral

April 21, 2010 - PRLog -- Simio, a developer of 3D object-oriented simulation software, has awarded an $11,880 grant to the Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL). The school is the first institution of higher education in Argentina to join Simio's academic program. UNL's significant new approaches in research and the permanent transference of science, technology and culture have given this institution of higher learning a strong social recognition, serving as a bench mark of intellectual and cultural resource to the community.

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UNL is now one of over 140 universities worldwide to join Simio's academic program, which offers Simio's 3D modeling software to schools at no charge. Simio Academic Edition is fully capable software with no model size limits and includes discrete and continuous modeling, object library development, and 3D animation.

"The faculty at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral is committed to providing the best environment for their students to learn simulation," said Dr. Dennis Pegden, Founder and CEO of Simio. "We are honored to provide them with the best software available to teach their students."

For more than 100 years, UNL has carried its mission as "a gateway to meaningful life" by expanding its higher teaching and learning activities, research and scientific promotion, and cultural activities from Santa Fe City to the littoral region in Argentina.

The school's graduates' excellence, significant new approaches in research and the permanent transference of science, technology and culture, have given this institution of higher learning a strong social recognition, serving as a bench mark of intellectual and cultural resource to the community.

"As of 2010, Simio's tools and components will be studied in the simulation course of Industrial Engineering at UNL," said UNL Professor Carlos A. Méndez, who teaches the course. "Simio's environment represents an excellent opportunity for undergraduate students to cope with a wide variety of complex industrial decision-making processes."

Simio will also be used to conduct Prof. Méndez's advanced research in the modeling, simulation and optimization laboratory at the INTEC Research Institute.

Students at the school will be able to model systems using intelligent objects and the software's direct connection to Google's 3D Warehouse -- two features unique to Simio.

The intelligent objects are built by modelers and then may be reused in multiple modeling projects. These objects can be stored in libraries and easily shared. Simio's connection to Google's 3D Warehouse gives access to a free online library of thousands of graphic objects -- providing students with the ability to solve real-world problems in visually-rich environments.

About the Universidad Nacional del Litoral
Universidad Nacional del Litoral, once called Santa Fe Provincial University, was founded in 1889 during Governor José Alvarez's office. After the 1919 University Reform, Santa Fe Provincial University was renamed Universidad Nacional del Litoral, a public non-sectarian institution open to people of all backgrounds, with an area of direct influence rolling out into Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Corrientes provinces. With more than 100-year history, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, a gateway to meaningful life, expands its higher teaching and learning activities, research and scientific promotion and cultural activities from Santa Fe city to the littoral region in Argentina. Its graduates' excellence, the significant new approaches in research and the permanent transference of science, technology and culture have given this Institution of higher learning a strong social recognition, serving as a bench mark of intellectual and cultural resource to the community.

About Simio LLC
Simio LLC is a private company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is dedicated to delivering leading edge solutions for the design, emulation, and scheduling of complex systems.

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Simio is a simulation modeling software that can be used to predict and improve the performance of dynamic systems with a wide range of applications including manufacturing, supply chain, healthcare, service systems, and warehousing/logistics.